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Dare I admit... I caught a little bit. The teacher was a bit of a prat and the room was way too small for the size of the class, but then... from what I can gather every single lesson that takes place in school happens in that classroom so why should Aikido be any different?

"ukes, everyone needs good ukes, just a little atemi-waza..." runs off screaming and gibbering.

I personally think Corrie needs some decent judo to detract from the bitch-slapping going on (or so I've been told) - anyway, was the aikido any good? As for the throwing, the instructor was probably a shodothug or orc so thats probably the way they always start the newbies (only 1 in 10 survive the beginners course, thus ensuring the survival of the species...)

So did I, but then that damn restraining order came through and I had to move...

Sorry, but one real (tm) question did come to mind - does anyone know who the two instructors actually are (and are the ones seen the real ones?) and how this rather weird soaps with added aikido came about?

Aaaahhhhhh . . . Neighbours . . . this is going to date me . . . I'm a Yank that lived outside of London in Kent (Sevenoaks to be exact) as a teenager back in the late 80's (Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan were still on the show and also lip-synching horrible songs to each other on Top of the Pops).

At the time, I remember being excited when Tony Romeo showed up doing karate . . . *ugh*

Sorry, going to have to disagree, the blind monk in kung-fu was way more gnomic and fun (go on, you all secretly wanted to pluck that pebble while walking on rice paper didn't you..)

OK Nick, want to "out" the aikidoka in the Beeb for us - perhaps the next few shows could be celebrity ukemi or survivor set in an aikido dojo, tasks to include hair-cloth hakama wearing and 24-hour seiza drills

Showing your age there Ian! i've only seen one episode of kung fu. Another contender is MONKEY possibly the best comedy kung fu monkey ever. If anyone can name a better comedy kung fu monkey then i'll be really impressed.

Yes, lets go for that, personally I think 'Im a shihan, get me out of here!' would be brilliant viewing...

They're all screaming about the rock n roll, but I would say that it's getting old. - REFUSED.

It's day nine in the Big Dojo household and Chiba Sensei has killed the chickens, Seagal and a student are getting comfortable on the couch, and the other Shihan have given up this weeks task after an argument about who was in charge, to kick the c**p out of each other.

we need a crossover character from another soap. say, Tony from Hollyoaks. He can be the arrogant beginner who makes a fool of himself, ideally in a very painful way, in order to illustrate the subtlety and power of aikido.
actually, substitue any character from hollyoaks, especially those incredibly annoying faux-uni students.